Re: Strange webcam failure and 'fix'
tv.debian@googlemail.com writes:
> I had one of those and there is a well know, but unfixed, firmware bug
> affecting most Qc Pro 9000. If you search for "quickcam Pro 9000
> firmware bug" you will see what I mean by "well known bug".
>
> I tinkered a lot to get this camera to work and never got a reliable
> behavior, sometimes the bug shows up very quickly, and at other times it
> can run for a while properly before freezing.
>
> When it happens you can try unplugging the cam AND unloading/reloading
> (modprobe) the uvcvideo driver, usually it was doing the trick for me.
> But since I could not script the unplugging part ;-) I ended up buying a
> new cam.
>
> I remember reading that forcing the snd_usb_audio to load before
> uvcvideo is loaded eases the pain. Maybe writing a udev rule or a custom
> ".conf" file in /etc/modprobe.d, or just a script to unload uvcvideo and
> snd_usb_audio then reload them in the right order would help. But this
> is no silver bullet, with my cam it didn't make the freezes go away
> completely, just gave me more time in between.
Ah, okay. This gives me a few new things to try. :-) Thanks for your
help - much appreciated!
Alexis.
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